MINNEAPOLIS Take a walk in the skyway from the downtown Minneapolis parking lot adjacent to Target Center and you'll see a sign promoting the new-look Minnesota Timberwolves.Pictured on that sign is a mop-topped player with dark, scruffy facial hair and a white Timberwolves jersey. His eyes look one way while his just-completed pass is apparently heading in the other direction. There is no basketball in the sign but rather the words: Presenting the amazingly quick Ricky Rubio no-look pass. Want to see it again?Yes, the Timberwolves are already promoting the 21-year-old Spanish point guard as perhaps the new face of their franchise. For the past three years, that title belonged to rebounding machine Kevin Love. But now that the slick-passing Rubio has joined the fray, that's all changing.The Wolves drafted Rubio out of Spain with the fifth overall pick in the 2009 draft, but he chose to play professionally in his home country for two years before making the leap to the NBA. This off...

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